Isotropy vs Allotropy - What's the difference?
isotropy | allotropy |
(geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 478,
(chemistry) A property, exhibited by some elements of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures.
As nouns the difference between isotropy and allotropy
is that isotropy is the property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions while allotropy is a property, exhibited by some elements of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures.isotropy
English
(wikipedia isotropy)Noun
(-)- down this road, as they watched, came a wagon, then a couple of riders, then a coach and another wagon, in daylight which slowly lost its stark isotropy and was flowed into by clouds and chimney smoke and even episodes of weather